Relaxation: a group of 12 people helped to improve their Work & Personal Life by spending just 1 hour each week with me.

Between March and April 2013 a voluntary Relaxation session was held for one hour on a Wednesday evenings over a 6 week period. Local residents of Healds Green and Heights Lane, Chadderton were invited to attend to explore relaxation for the mind and body.

Relaxation using Mindfulness Meditation, Hypnotherapy, Laughter Therapy and How to manage Stress were the main topics of our sessions.

My approach to the ‘Relaxation group’ was open making it clear that if anyone felt this wasn’t for them they were free to leave at anytime and I would not be disappointed. A guided meditation was used to introduce the physical aspect of relaxation. The conditions for relaxation were not ideal, upright chairs without arms, a mixture of strangers and friends in close proximity to each other. Despite the situation it was obvious that the majority of people were following my guidance and they were ‘relaxing’ deeply.

Sleep deprivation, stress from work and stress from everyday life issues, were just some of the conditions affecting the members. We also had some attendees with particular issues including pain and recovery from serious illness. Mindfulness was used to aid relaxation in the group at the sessions and for use in everyday life situations.

Stress management was introduced to the group providing ways of how to cope with stress. Ways in which to manage the effects of stress and to recognise stressful situations were shared with the group. Having a clear understanding of the possible detriment to long term general health helped to promote deeper interest in self relaxation. Most members found it difficult to find time at home to indulge in self relaxation and preferred to attend the relaxation group evenings. Some nice results were fed back to the group throughout the weeks and overall each group member has found great benefit from attending. As a result of the benefits gained by the group we are now holding a monthly meeting to allow group members to enjoy relaxing in a neutral environment.

Typical improvements fed back were: increased confidence in general and specifically at work, enjoying a good nights sleep the first time for many years, arm and neck pain now less painful and has provided space to sleep, being prepared and in control at work when confrontational issues arise, being able to control breathing so panicky feelings don’t surface anymore, the ability to see situations at work for what they are without worrying about them.

My services were donated free of charge to assist in the promotion and use of The Old School by local residents. The hall over recent years has been carefully and tastefully restored by a group of local residents and is for the benefit of residents in the immediate area.

Who is a sales person? We all have a role as a sales person, believe me it’s true.

Whatever we do in life somewhere along the road we have to become a salesperson. Whether we know it or not, like it or not. Whether it’s for financial reward or just to improve our life the art of selling is a part of our existence. Remember your first girlfriend / boyfriend, you had to sell yourself to them whether it was done consciously or not. We go on through life using our in built ability to promote ourselves in a job, a relationship, a family, a sports team to name just a few. Where we need to persuade, coerce or win over others then our selling ability needs to shines through.

Not everyone is good at sales. There are lots of people who are not at all good and this often includes people who have been trained to sell some obviously are better than others. Some will have to work at it, rehearse and polish their performance to a level that looks natural and convincing. Everyone providing a service or doing a job of work has to accept that they have a part to play in ‘selling’ themselves and the benefits of their organisation internally as well as externally.

‘He’s a natural born salesman’ and ‘he could charm the birds out of the trees’ are couple of sayings and descriptions that when examined relate to a person’s ‘natural’ ability to communicate, to talk and ultimately to ‘sell’ themselves to their intended target.

Often the good sales people have an abundance of ‘in built skills’ that they have subconsciously gathered during their formative years. Communication skills in particular give the good sales person an edge. I’m not just talking about talking, instead I mean listening to the words used, looking at the facial clues, the body language, eye movement and micro expressions.

When someone is telling you a story, you may have a ‘gut feeling’ that you are perhaps not getting the truth. This instinctive reaction is based on detailed evidence that you have stored in your subconscious during your formative years and your subconscious is now sending you a warning. Facial expressions, body movements and tone of voice are just a few. I know that is a very simplistic explanation yet that is how we evolve and move forward in life. Benefit from discovering some new ways of getting in tune with your customers, colleagues, family and friends.

So could you become a better salesperson using self-hypnosis? Of course it’s possible. Recognise your natural intuitive abilities and harness them in a more effective manner and see your performance improve. Hypnosis and self-hypnosis allow you to find a way to access deep relaxation which better prepares you to handle pressure. The challenge of meeting targets, closing the deal and managing stress in your workplace becomes easier to control.

Hypnosis and Self Hypnosis can make a difference to your life. A good place to start to learn is from a trained Hypnotherapist, open up a new way of enjoying and improving your life. You can drop me an email and start the ball rolling today!

The Olympics – The Olympic Games will be the showcase for sports men and women in 2012. What will be the key to their success?

Great physical ability and talent in a chosen sport will go a long way to ensuring success at the Olympics, couple this with natural and learned skills, and a top performer will be made. Sometimes in the Olympics the physical aspects of the Olympic athlete, Olympic cyclist, Olympic footballer, Olympic tennis player, Olympic boxer or Olympic marksman to name just a few is not enough to make them an Olympic Gold medal winner. What about their mind fitness; their doubts, fear of the competition, fear of not performing to their normal level on the day how do they beat that?

Being and staying positive is not easy. No matter how well things are going for the Olympic athlete the slightest diversion or unexpected occurrence can derail their focus.This is why many athletes have a personal coach who is trained either in psychology or mind coaching. The coach might use hypnotherapy as a natural resource to keep the athlete focused or regular meditation to clear the mind of outside distractions. The Olympics will generate its own stresses and distractions in one of the busiest City’s in the world

One aspect of success at The London Olympics will come from the occasion, visualisation of taking an Olympic Gold Medal or breaking a world and Olympic record often produces performance way above the normal level of achievement. So is it the mind or the focus of the individual at the Olympics, have they trained more rigorously, followed a different diet or is it down to the stars above or position of the moon on the day? The answer is probably a number of these activities combined to make an improvement. If you improve 5 aspects of your performance by just 1% then combined you have a 5% improvement overall to help you to become a winner at the Olympics 2012.

Keeping a cool head when the heat is on is not easy, imagine staying calm and controlled just as you are about to run in the Olympic 100 mts final and you are up against the worlds best. Do you wonder if you are good enough, fast enough, will you finish last – the winner will not have allowed these thoughts into their mind only positive thoughts, their routine, their techniques and the winning celebration will be allowed. So focus and a positive mind set will be vital tools to have a belief in themselves and their ability will be paramount.

Adv Dip H – Advance Diploma Hypnotherapy

I ended January on a high with the achievement of gaining the Advance diploma in hypnotherapy. After completing many hours of research, study and a few late nights I put it all together and passed with a high standard of work. Hypnotherapy is really about helping people help themselves, whilst studying is good for me it is done with the belief that it will be more beneficial for the client now and in the future. We live in a changing world and keeping up sometimes takes away our energy and motivation, the key is to make it work for you and not to become a slave to trends and fashions just to keep up.

I’m sure there are plenty of people around the Manchester area that are under stress from trying to keep up with:- work, the needs of family, money and possibly illness or caring for someone. Relaxation through hypnotherapy is just one way of winding down. There are many people throughout the world using self-hypnosis everyday to realise a state of calmness and improve control over their lives. Hypnosis is not only for the individual, group sessions are often held to enable a group of friends to discover how hypnosis and relaxation therapy can work for them. Other groups use hypnotherapy for weight loss control or smoking, of course hypnotherapy in a group means that it is ‘generalised’ and not a specific tailored treatment for each individual. Having said that, group hypnosis and hypnotherapy does appeal to many.

A new month February – ‘Valentines day’ and ‘Pancake Tuesday’ (or Shrove Tuesday) just two days that generate a number of passions and commercial stimulation. Cards, flowers, chocolate hearts, flour eggs and ‘squeezy’ lemon juice just a few items that will be on many of our shopping lists in the coming days. Whatever you are buying for your loved ones attach a special thought to the gift, think about what it means, what message do you want it to give and it will make it that little bit more special, go on give it a try!

The Silent Saint????? Not anymore, just an accused child abuser and user.

This man once admired and loved by many has moved on from our world to another and is now in disgrace as appalling information comes to light about his secret or maybe not so secret past. For me although he was a popular broadcaster and personality he was also a person who dedicated his time and energy to helping hundreds, probably thousands of people to have a better future now all of this has been marred and soiled by his private predatory behaviour towards young people who trusted him. Yes he did use his celebrity status to gain a stronger profile for charitable causes yet he obviously used this powerful position to put people in fear of him so that he could manipulate them for his own sexual pleasures. He seemingly did his own thing with numerous young women even under cover of the BBC and his behaviour is now officially part of an official enquiry by the police. For him he has no questions to answer as he is dead, leaving many people full of anger knowing that some important questions will never get the answers they deserve.

All of us who admired him are now disgusted that he could be this monster of a person, no matter what enquiries are made there can be no punishment for him only the people who are left behind enduring the awful memories that they have hidden for so many years.

So what was Sir Jimmy’s secret? how could he dedicate himself to selfless tasks for example as a hospital porter, the charity jogging & walks and his work at Stoke Mandeville Hospital where he helped to raise money for the Spinal Unit, NSIC (National Spinal Injuries Centre). His secret was something that we could never imagine the ideal cover and keys to the many doors to accessing his prey. The young and at risk individuals some who were fighting hard to overcome physical challenges should not have been placed at this kind of risk.

There will be many people who are still grateful for the long and productive life of Sir Jimmy Savile, for his help and kindness on all levels to people from all walks of life, sadly all of that good work will be tainted forever now by his secret molestations of underage children.

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